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C. E. DEVERS. i cos RECORDING APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4.1917.

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COST'RECORDING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4. I9I1.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

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COST-RECORDING APPLIANCE.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

Application led September 4, 1917. Serial No. 189,619.

To all whom t may concern.'

`Be it known that I, CLYDE E. DiivnRs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Cost- Recording Appliance, of which the following is a specification. f

The invention relates to an envelop folder for the original order, specification and other papers pertaining -to the prosecution of a particular piece or job of work as it progresses through a factory or workshop; and-the object of the improvement is to provide means upon 0r connected with the envelop or associated therewith, for recording the cost of labor and other service and eX- pense by an original memorandum or entry `made by each successive workman or employee, covering each and all ofthe successive steps or operations in the progress ofthe work, so that the total cost of the completed work or job can be conveniently and readily computed by a' cost clerk or auditor. f v

The objects of the invention thus set forth, and ancillary advantages, are attained by providing an envelop having a form imprinted on its face for receiving the necessary data for identifying the particular piece or job of work, and having printed on its hack, a series of coupon blanks for entering the successive steps or operations taken or performed in the progress of the work, and also having a flap or leaf overlying the back imprinted with like coupons and having weakened division lines, and provided with a carbon ,coating on its inner side for duplieating onv the back of the envelop, the entries made on the coupon forms'on the fiap. Such an envelop may also have a summary blank printed on the inside of its forward fold, which is adapted to be used when the side edges of the envelop are cut to make a folder thereof; and a daily time envelop may be used by individual employees in con- `iunction with the coupon envelop for receiving the coupons detached from coupon envelops by a particular employee.

The envelops embodying a preferred form of the invention and illustrating its use are shown in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which- Figure l is a face view of the coupon envelop;

Fig. 2, aback view of the same with parts of the flap distorted and broken away to show the back proper of the envelop;

F ig. 3, a face view of the daily time envelop; and i lig. 4, aback view of the coupon envelop which has been used showing the coupon Hap entirely removed, and the ends cut or slit to form a folder, with part of the back broken away to show the summary form on the inner side of the front fold of the enjvelop.

Similar numerals refer to similar throughout the drawings.

The face l of the envelop is imprinted with an order ticket 2 which, as shown, appears at the left side of the envelop; and also with a copy of the order 3 which, as shown, appears at the right side of the envelop and includes, among other things, a space for the numbery 4 given to the particular order.

Upon the back 5 of the envelop, and also upon the back of the flap 6 thereof, are imprinted corresponding series of cou on blanks 7 and 7 a, the coupons of the flap being separated by weakened divisionk lines 8 for ready detachment.

Each coupon on the flap is imprinted with the order number 4, and is also provided with designated spaces for entering the number of the employee, the number of the operation, an'd the number of hours the employee is engaged upon the operation, or other like information concerning time or material, depending upon the character of the particular manufacture for which the envelop is to be used.

The coupon spaces upon the back of the envelop may also be imprinted with the order number vand other matter imprinted on the coupons of the flap, but it is obvious that the order number at least, may be omitted from the coupons on the back of the envelop for the reason that this number appears on the face of the envelop. y

In the use of the coupon envelop, a copy of the order-is entered in the form provided therefor on the face or front of the envelop, after which the papers containing the parts original order, the specification and other work or job, as for instance, the particular' press upon which a job of printing is to be done or theparticular department, apparatus or machine in or upon which certain work is to be performed; which coupon may be detached and filed either with the order department or cost department as a record to show where the job or work is being done pending its completion. After the detachment of the general coupon, they envelop is sent to the .proper department and 7delivered to the particular employee who is `to perform the first work or operation upon the` piece or job covered by the order; and upon the completion of such first work or operation,the employee who has done or performed the same, enters upon one of the coupons, as for instance, the middle cou-pon at the free edge of the flap, his number, the number of the operation, and the number of hours he has been engaged in performing the operation, such entry being thereby duplicated or transferred by ythe carbon upon the back of the flap upon the corresponding coupon or form printed upon the back of the envelop.

After making this entry, the employee who has performed the first operation, removes the coupon upon which his entry has been made, by tearing it along the weakened lines 8, and segregates the same, withlike coupons covering work he may have done in connection with other orders and jobs during the same day, which segregation is preferably accomplished by providing the several employees with a daily time envelop 9 into which are filed all the coupons upon which each employee has recorded his time devoted to different jobs, which daily time envelop is designated with number l0 and name 11 of the employee, and is delivered to the auditor or cost clerk at the close of the day from which to make up a pay roll showing the total amount of time for which such employee shall be paid.

The coupon envelop is then delivered to the employee who is to do or perform the next worker operation upon the piece or job covered by the order, who likewise enters the same information upon the `next adjacent coupon of the flap, which is thus transferred or duplicated upon the correspondingI` coupon blank on theback of the envelop,I

and this coupon is then detached from the flap and filed with the daily envelop of such second employee; and so on through each and every step or operation involving the soy bon duplicate copies of the coupons appearing on the back of the folder, together with such additional expense as the mate-l rials used, overhead and other component charges, which are necessary to arrive at the total cost of the particular article or job, which cost summary may be entered upon the inside of the front leaf of the folder, in the form 12 provided for that purpose.

I claim:

l. A cost recording envelop having a flap overlying its back, there being corresponding coupons on the flap and the back for enter ing successive items of cost.

2. A cost recording envelop having a [lap overlying its back,l there being detachable coupons on the flap for entering successive items o-f cost, and means for duplicating said "back, there being detachable coupons on the flap for entering successive items of cost, and means for duplicating said items on the back of the envelop. f

5. A cost recording envelop having an order number thereon, and a. plurality of coupons connected therewith imprinted with corresponding order numbers for entering` successive items of cost, said coupons being detachable from each lother for filing with like coupons detached from other envelops.

6. A cost recording envelop having an order number thereon, a plurality of detachable coupons connectedv with .the envelop for entering successive items of cost, means for duplicating said items upon the envelop, and a cost summary ,formen the inner side of the envelop.

CLYDE E. DEVERS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

